Some of you have asked how this all got started so here's some background mixed with recent revelation about purpose & timing...
I'm in a band that ran into dead ends back in 2002 trying to get out and play in the community, and searching blindly for real info on recording, publishing, distribution, radio play, royalties, copyrights, etc. etc. etc. Then it occured to me (a nudge from God) that it is ridiculous for "Christians" [read:family] to start from scratch finding all this stuff out for ourselves every time a new band forms or a songwriting branches out. Even if you persevere it takes two years to learn, make mistakes, and finally have a break-through. But what if someone just shared everything they learned along the way with others in a public forum, offered freely so that anyone can benefit from it whether they have money or not.
So I asked God to open doors, even the windows of heaven, so we might take our music into every crevice we could find - outside the church walls, beyond city gates, and past the industry hurdles of "you can't this this until you have that" (which takes you in a circle) -- AND I committed to God that whatever doors He opened to us I would take everyone I knew with me! Well God has a sense of humor and took me up on that - then introduced me to several hundred new friends!
For the most part its true... it all about who you know. SO GET OUT AND MEET SOME PEOPLE! 
But seriously, you know God and He knows everybody else so who can top that? Ask God to start introducing you to the people He would have you work with, play for, jam with and write with. And ask Him to protect you from the wolves so you won't waste time and give His provision away to the wrong people out of ignorance or impatience. Ask for blessings that accomplish and protect His work and He will guide and cover you. I didn't say He'd make you rich and those who interpret the Bible to always be about money are wrong.
{soapbox} If money is the root of all evil why would He choose that as a blessing for us? Prosperity is more about a man's soul, joy, wisdom, and enlarging our territories is more about how many lives we touch for the kingdom of God. He may also wrap us in a blanket of material wealth, but we should not be crying out for that or swallowed up by it. He calls us to lives of sacrifice and humilty, lifting up the unbeliever in love so that He may see God in our eyes, not judgment and profit, and come home.
So I found out in just a few weeks that when I did what God told me, even though it took me away from what I started out doing, WHILE I WAS TAKING CARE OF GOD'S BUSINESS, HE WAS TAKING CARE OF MINE! Many times the people I met while trying to help someone else, wound up being a person who could help our band in some way too, or they had a friend with a venue, a store, a sound system, stage, lighting, ran a print shop, did CD duplication, was a radio DJ, or worked at a packing/shipping company, etc. and the list goes on...
So HERE WE ARE! Three years later and over 300 strong (100 on MySpace that have not Joined Rebourne officially yet!! This network that ALL of you have been compelled or drawn to connect with at some point has God's fingerprints all over it! And situations like hurricane Katrina in the Gulf and 9/11 when we first got started, all bear witness that God provides the way and the means through - before He ever brings the storms or calls you to be part restoring others or your community.
I believe Rebourne was born for 'such a time as this' to bring worship into city streets. And suddenly we have 20,000 new residents who came to memphis in a matter of days, basically in the streets looking for things to do and somewhere to eat and sleep. Our churches have opened more doors than the government and I am excited to be witness to it and part of the plan. God was not surprised by this recent momentus disaster. He has been raising us up and preparing us for this very time - right here in Memphis and wherever you are - even connecting us with YOU so that you too can come and be part of things here.
There are suddenly more doors opening to positive music that ever because we have the medicine these people need more than food. We bring hope, joy, celebration, and fresh 'water for the soul' new for the day, and we will take music (and the Presence of God) wherever they are in mass, setting up all day festivals without cost because God has taught us to do a new thing and sponsors are realizing it is the right thing at the right time.
{soapbox} If money is all that holds you back then break free. Stop thinking about what you deserve and have a right to and think about what you have been given and where He may be trying to send you to use those gifts to build up the kingdom. He has promised to supply all of your needs. You either believe He is God and will keep His word, or you don't. This is where the sword of truth makes contact with the body. That sword of truth will either break your chains or severe your head from your body because of arrogance.
God's work is not a glorified business so it will NEVER look like the businesses we run in the world every day. Parts of it will always be patterned after that because much like a doctor, we learn our skills and prepare our way. But we must always leave room for a miracle and a chance to move in complete faith towards what we feel compelled to do in the Kingdom, without limits, without fearing God will be broke tomorrow and unable to feed you the next day. If God be God then Let Him! He will show Himself strong through your weakness and reckless abandon for Him in every facet of your life.
If you can't do it for long, just try it for one month, even one week. Go everywhere you are invited without concern for food, gas, or a place to sleep, and see where He meets you. What do you have to loose when you can always run home to your bed when it is over? At least you can look back and say "I DID THAT!" instead of always wondering what would have happened if... {/soapbox}
It is an incredible time to be alive and plugged into God, his evolving church, its compelling need to reach out again to sister churches and become one Bride again like He designed us to be, and with eyes wide open that we may truly see the signs of the times as clearly as we see the weather, ears that we may hear His voice, and unbound feet that we may go where He sends us one day or moment at a time because we aren't too busy to attend the wedding feast, and most of all, open arms that we may hold those who are in disrepair and welcome those who have come home.
We agree your music does NOT have to be about God, but your life should be. Your love, your insight, your music, and God's Presence above all, should not require a price - the one thing those in need do not have to give. I say the enemy has used that to bind up the church long enough! It is time to be illogical and do exactly what the enemy would never expect - and the one thing that will cause the world to truly see the Bride of Christ, whom I believe God calls "Unity", fully matured in love for the world in its imperfection, and finally caring as a mother for His lost lambs, those who do not yet even know Him but whom He cares and plans for, and the returning prodigals whom He runs to even while they are still a long way off.
I didn't know you when Rebourne came into being, but He has led you to me now so I will fulfill that commitment and calling to help. There is so much more that God wants to do through His people -and I believe He has chosen to begin with the Artistic Arm of the Body of Christ! Just as the musicians went out before the army in the Biblical age, we now also go forth before the new day of restoration and reclaiming the land and the lost for God. We are the innovators and artists of the new day of God's move, the new church, the new and possibly final generation - and we are raising up in mass like never before - not by coincidence, but my divine appointment - because He is setting the stage for a new outpouring of love and restoration through worship and fellowship - the lighter side of life where burdens are lifted by the very Presence of God among us.
Be wise and true to your purpose; find it and hold on for life! Be an encourager and remember the Joy of the Lord is your strength!
Love in Christ,
Holly Simmers